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to  the  generosity  of: 

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g^nArositA  de: 

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sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
;iion.  and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Las  images  suivantes  ont  6t6  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
de  la  nettet*  de  l'exemplaire  filmA,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

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papier  est  imprimie  sont  film6s  en  commen^ant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernlAre  page  qui  comports  une  emprelnte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
origlneux  sont  film6s  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premiAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
emprelnte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaftra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
CBs:  le  symbols  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE  ",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  retios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
film  As  A  des  taux  de  rAduction  diffArents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  filmA  A  partir 
de  I'angle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gcjche  A  droite. 
et  de  haut  en  bas.  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nAcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


1 

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3 

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3 

4 

5 

6 

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wi'apor 

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THE   PHI  Lose  L'HY 


)  nr(- 


The  Great  R.  R.  Strike. 


CURE  IT  BY  REMOVING  ITS  CAUSE. 


L.lti'i'  iVuiu   SV1)M:^'    MVEK>  i(»  R;iilrua<l    \[('ii, 
Strikci'-^  ;m<1   Stocklif  tlrlrrs. 


Tlie  slieddinf,"  of  Iminnn  blood  and  tlic  destruction  of  the  prodiuts  of  human 
uuUistry  is  always  la  he  deeply  dcplon-d.  War  i<  a  relic  of  harbarism,  whether  it  be 
between  nations,  between  individuals,  iu  duel,  oi  in  the  form  of  strikes.  Wars  i)e- 
iween  nations  are  beconiing  too  e.xpensive  to  be  of  lonjir  duration,  and  under  the 
modern  laws  of  war  agreed  upon,  tacitly  at  least,  by  civilized  nations,  and  with  modern 
weapons,  they  arc  l)ecoining  les-;  cruel  and  bloody  ;tlie  duel  is  no  longer  tolerated  by 
public  opinion — which  is  thi-  higher  law.  5?trikes  have  in  some  countries  been 
siiperKeded  by  arbitration,  cooperation,  and  indu.strial  copartnerships.  (ireat  pro- 
uresH  in  this  has  been  made  in  (Jreat  Britain,  where,  by  the  weight  nf  .>-ocial  gradation, 
much  talent  is  compressed  into,  and  retained  in,  the  "  Wage  Class.''  (in  at  strikes,  like 
gix»at  national  wats,  do  still  occasionally  break  out  and  rage  for  a  short  time.  When 
examiued,  they  will  be  fountl  to  be  engendered  by  causes  which  are  deep  below  the  sur- 
face; 8(>  deep  that  the  latest  ()f  a  series  of  eflfecls  is  often  mistaken  by  the  casual 
'ibserver  for  the  cause. 


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(43) 


Willi  rt').'nril  tn  the  i«ic>(  lit  j.iiiUc  liy  iHilroiid  t'liiploye.s,  whatever  may  be  Ihc  dill'i  1 
eiiccs  hetwccu  thf  puilies  iinuitilijitclj    iu  cnniutt,  we  must  look  deeper  for  llic  cmiM' 
of  the  dilliiuHy. 

All  (hisses  have  beeu  long  Hufleriiigfroin  a  pressure  as  well  as  a  weight  from  above. 
The  screw  ol  hard  limes  has  been  long  bearing  ou  all  the  strata  that  make  up  the 
social  pyiiiiiiid.  This  screw  has  pressed  down  all  prices  ;  "means  ot  payment  "  liivc 
been  toiiipies^ed  in  volume  during  the  i)a8t  twelve  years,  and  the  compression  of  tin 
volume  of  aiiytiiing  generally  desired,  as  the  legal  lender  of  a  country  (which  al  >iu 
is  tiie  ultimufi'  means  of  /mi/rntnt,  as  all  substitutes  are  but  promises  to  pay)  expand- 
the  ^^rj'Y  or  exchangeable  or  i)urchasing  power  thereof,  and  renders  it  more  valuabN 
t>  keep  tiian  to  exjiend.  So  long  as  the  contiaction  of  volume  and  expansion  of  pni 
chasing  power  continues — so  long  as  what  is  called  money  is  the  most  i)rolilal>le  thiiii: 
to  hold  as  iiii  investment,  it  will  be  hoarded  and  the  wheels  of  commerce  and  indu-tvv 
will  ])e  clogge  i  or  stojipid  as  those  of  mechanical  machinery  are  clogged  and  stayed 
when  the  supply  of  lubricating  oil  is  deficient. 

The  present  strike  of  the  railroad  emj)loyes  probably  has  its  cause  in  the  ciicuni 
stances  above  referred  to.     If  the  strike  had  occurred  in   a    higher   stratum   of   tin 
social  iiyiiunid   the  cause  for  the  strike  of   the    railroad  employes  might  have  been 
removed  before  the  elVect  i)roduced  by  that  cause  reached  a  eh.,,.,  v.ho,  whether  from 
their  superi(»r  intelligence,  their  sui)erior  courage,  or  habit,  resist  oppression  ratlit  1 
than  submit  lo  it.     The  pressure  of  hard  times  was  felt   all   thmuLih   socifty,  and  it   i> 
resisted  tiist  by  those  who  aiv  accustomed  to  use  muscular  more  commonly  and  mon 
I'lomiMly  than  brain  power  for  ])urposes  of  defense.     Hard  limes  could  have  been  pn 
vented  by  power  of  brain  and  will.     But  they  who  were  intrusted  with  the  nianagf 
ment  of  the  national  finances  have  proved  their  incompetency.     They  have  discussed 
the  relative  merits  of  various  kinds  of  oil  for  lubricating  the  wheels  and   ways  of  Hk 
stK-ial  machine  until  the  sujtjjly  we  had  has  been  wasted  and  the  machinery  has  nearly 
all  stopped  and  much  of  it  has  lieen  so  long  standing  idle  that    it    has   rusted   out 
Labor,  the  most  valuable  mean.''  for  securing  human  well-being  ;  labor  which,  if  con 
tiuually  unused,  continually   runs  to   waste    iu   idle  unproductiveness  ;  labor  which 
makes  a   market  while  it   supplies  a  market — labor  lost— irrecoverably   lost,  is   11  ( 
greatest  of  all  the  losses  that  have  been  experienced  during  all  thedark  dayssinci' lSfi."> 

But  the  dark  days  arc   nearly  over.     Salvation  comes  through  sutVering.   >Whhiti 
the  next  ninety  days  the  cuvw  of  the  "  liard  times,"  which  has  rendered  f  lie  rtfiln+ad- 
unal>le  to  pay  their  employes,  as  well  as  unable  to  pay  their  bond-holders  and  pt<M'k 
holder.s— will  be  apparent  even  iu  the  average  member  of  Congress,  and  Congress  ■wiL 


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lli-toiy  is 

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llir  ulniim 

Illinois,  111 

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lot  the 


Ill  ( H:li>l)fr,  u|i|)ly  lilt- It  tiicdv .  LigislutiDii  will  tiit;ii  lif  liail  tui  Ihc-  Imik  tit  ot  tlic 
|i('(i|)|c  uf  this  ct)unli'v,  aiid  tliu  iuun(7  kiuuH  of  Kurt)|ie  will  cease,  for  ii  liiiu*  at  leiisit, 
1(1  wiili-  tiiir  liiws  ill  Siiellit'Iil.  Miuichcstcr  aiitl  Loinhnnl  street,  ami  lobby  Ihfin 
l)ii(iu>rli  our  law-inakinK  btnlit-H  in  the  UHiial  way.  'i'lif  liotttiin  lias  licen  reatdied  :  it 
l^  not  spciie  basis,  but  u  Oaniii  of  hiiiuau  Hulloriufi — of  iimnhoi»tl  which  will  no  louder 
try  to  shiiiit,  oil"  il>4  burdens  on  others' shoulders — uiaiilitHxi,  which  is  at  bay  in  the 
Kist  ditch  and  hliitdli/  strikes  at  what  is  inniiedidhlji  prt^ssinj;  U|>i)ii  ii;  theentl  isieacheil, 
lull  it  is  blood,  not  uold  that  Hows.  Their  may  be  wccks  of  war,  all  tradic  and  coin- 
iiiunicatiiin  may  be  sttipiicd,  Timidity  and  mfdit»crii.y  will  endeavor  to  ovfrctnne 
|iiiysical  f(»jce,  with  ]>bysical  force  nlone,  more  blooil  may  be  shed,  which  Ootl  forbid. 


liiit  the  end  will  be  a  tr  ly  and  peace.  The  railroad  st  tcklinUltMs  will  join  the  rail 
idad  employes  afier  limliii}:  that  tliey  have  common  frrievanccs  ami  common  enemies 
History  is  but  repealinir  ilsjlf.     Reason  will  prevail,  not  force  alone. 

The  llower  of  ihe  IJriti-li  aiiiiy.  the  veterans  of  Wattrluo  and  the  I'eniusula,  were 
not  enough  to  sujipress  the  riots  which  Kn^laud  met  on  the  coutracting  road  to 
'  ik'frumiition."  In  1810  to  ls-.':i  it  became  necessary  for  the  British  tft>vernmeut  to 
(111!  out  35,0(i()  volunteer  troops  to  aid  I  he  rcgidars  in  kee|>ing  in  tolerable  subjection 
tiic  iilnf/iiitofix  mob.  I  The  area  of  England  etpials  that  of  Iowa  ;  Scotland  and  Wales. 
Illinois,  and  Ireland,  Indianaj.  Intelligent  men  are  not  iiinorantof  tiiese  fuels  aiul  others 
lliMi  are  now  i/eing  repeated,  which  are  graphically  described  by  Allison,  l)t)ubleduy, 
Miss  Marlineau,  and  others,  The  Hriti.sh  Onveriimtjiit  fought  its  way  back  to  specie 
IMViiunts— our  government  is  trying  lodtHhe  stmc  tiling,  and  the  people  are  resisliug. 
'  Let  Us  lia\  e  peace  ;"  not  peace  alt)nc,  but  jieace  togetliti  with  plenty,  and  prosperity 
Sjilvation  ctmies  thiouuh  (not  by)  su  fie  ring.  How  miuli  more  miisi  this  great  |)eople 
sutler  before  they  shall  become  lit  to  be  saved  frt>m  the  jiower  of  their  common  ene- 
iijh  -  "r  Not  until  wc  shall  all  reali/e  that  all  our  interests  are  identical  :  that  justice 
must  prevail  and  onler  must  prevail.  If  the  leaders  of  this  strike  show  themselves  to 
lie  as  cool  and  just  as  they  are  determined,  they  will  have  the  sympathy  of  all  other 
classes,  for  all  classes  arc  sutlcring  from  the  hard  times — against  which  all  are  ready 
to  rebel.  The  prime  cause  of  all  the  disturbance  and  tommolion  is  the  niismanagc- 
iiienl  of  the  national  finances,  producing  hard  times.  The  cure  is  the  changing  tlial 
I  iilicy  aiid  making  times  goi  tl.  Public  opinion  will  elVect  this  by  the  use  of  ballots  ; 
Hut  liulh'ts.  Wc  need  not  wait  for  an  election,  the  people's  voice  being  hearil.  Con- 
gress, which  meets  in  October,  will  reverse  the  financial  engine,  and  we  shall  gt)  ahead 
on  tlic  road  of  prosperity,  instead  of  continuing  to  back  in  the  direction  of  lower 
|>riees,  lower  tlividends,  and  lower  wages.  Skii.i.i  d  and  iNTK.i.i.mi'.Nr  wokkmkn,  do  not 
let  tlie  ignorant  and  vicious  get  ct)iitrol.     ]\v  moderate  and  act  only  on  the  defensive, 


nn.l  all  will  symp.itl.i/.^  with  you  whn.  they  understan.l  what  the  rml  trouble  in.  Hm 
if  you  permit  the  slothful  an.l  vicious  to  plunder  luul  numler  on  your  tl.inks  aiul  rear, 
(he  whole  community  will  rise  and  restore  order  l.y  ov.  reomin.LMh.we  forces  with 
Ln-eater  «mcs.  Cam.  i  i-on  tiik  civii.  as\>  military  aithoritiks  to  aio  you  in  sup- 
i.RF.ssiNr.  uEPKiiATORS  AND  TtRHi  LENT  iKRsc.Ns.  Of  all  the  forces  ill  ihis  couul  ly, 
public  opinion  is  the  strongest.  He  sure  not  to  cet  the  force  of  public  opinion  organ- 
ized  airainst  //"«. 

SYDNEY    MYERS. 

CiiU'.MK',  J^uuday,  .July ',*2,  187T.  •    • 

(!'rinto(l  in  the  Moririm:  Ii  ici-Or<Mii,  lui.l  Kvonin-  I'.i-i,  fhicntro,  .Inly  iM,  ISTT.) 


Workiiigmen: 

The  power  of  Govkunmknt,  when  'iroused,  is  greater  than  that  of  miv 
Mi.vou  oKGANi/ATioNH  wHATKVEU.  Its  forcc,  uhcn  brouffbt  to  bear  m  em-uM,  i^ 
i,re,UW>le.  If  you  would  preserveyour  lives  now  and  your  i.iheutiks  iikkeaktkk.  p.v. 
serve  ordernow,  and  ..sk  the  Civil  and  Military  Authorities  to  «iW //""  therein,  l.e.deis 
<,f  the  real  workmen  should  a,.ply  to  the  Mayor  of  their  respective  Cities  for  uid.  in 
suppressing^  .lisorder.  as  soon  as  lawless  acts  are  apparent,  and  if  the  Police  club  and 
pistol  are  not  adequate,  call  kn- grai^e,  f..r  you  and  I  had  better  lose  our  lives,  il  w. 
happen  to  be  at  the  wronjr  end  of  ti;e  guns,  than  have  society  tlissoived.         ^    ^^ 


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